Week 11 Baby: Your fetus, about the size of a large lime, measures about 1.75 to 2.4 inches from crown to rump and weighs about three-tenths of an ounce. About now the rapid "swooshing" noises of the heartbeat can be heard through a D

I know I remember packing away all of my maternity clothes in big, black, plastic garbage bags to be shipped off to the Salvation Army.  Something must have gone awry because this weekend my husband came barreling out of the attic with a few big

I know it's 2:53.  I know I just got out of the shower, I know my hair is still wet and needs to be dried.  I also know that I need to leave the house by 3:30.  What else do I know?  I know I will change my clothes no less tha

All I want to do is sleep.  I wake up, feed kids, nap, wake up, feed kids again, nap, get ready for work then go.  I get home around two, sleep, and it all starts around six or seven the next day again.  Not to mention that in add

I feel it's appropriate to start posting these since I have formally made the announcement to my family about our big news.  Really big news. And here's a picture of the 9-10 week belly.  9 weeks, 2 days to be exact.  

That's what John Jr used to say when he wasn't feeling well.  One of those cute kid-isms that stick with you forever.   Anyway, yes, I am sick again.  I have not missed the chronic sinus-related infections that go along wi

It's not that I have writer's block, it's that I have thought block. I have been forcing myself to quiet my mind in order to assemble some sort of peace and order within.  It's not really working, I am freaking the hell out.

I am thinking 'kibblyploop.' Last week John Jr fried my hard drive attempting to power off and shut the lidof my laptop at the same time after playing on Noggin.com.  I lost E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.  Hubs was able to recover most o